Trauma Recovery Supervision Group (TRSG)
Inspiration for the Intern TRSG
Due to the ubiquitous nature of trauma, assisting clients with recovery from a traumatic experience is just part of being a strong clinician. Our internship program is dedicated to recognizing this and providing an intentional model to train interns to be able to provide excellence in their care for clients that have had a traumatic experience.
We provide excellent supervision and training from a relational framework in an environment where supervisors are sensitive to the impact on clinicians of working with trauma and can provide normalizing and supportive interventions.
Purpose and Objectives
The Trauma Recovery Supervision Group (TRSG) exists at the Baylor University Counseling Center to provide critical, trauma-focused supervision to interns to equip them for work with clients who have experienced traumatic events. Specifically, the TRSG will provide developmentally appropriate scaffolding regarding (a) the therapeutic, person-first assessment and treatment of clients with trauma-related disorders; (b) the adaptation of evidence-based therapies for use in a University Counseling Center setting; (c) the integration of principles for responding effectively to trauma-exposed clients; and (d) the respectful inclusion of the diverse identities and perspectives represented within each client and clinician. An aspirational outcome from the TRSG would be effectively equipping interns to successfully work with trauma-related cases within each of their future practice locations.
Across the Internship Training Year
The TRSG will not focus on the exploration or processing of the trauma history of any interns but will solely focus on the group supervision of the treatment of trauma-related disorders. Though the TRSG will provide some didactic content, the majority of the time allotted will be focused on the supervision of the interns’ trauma-related cases. The TRSG will meet weekly and will be led by clinicians experienced in providing trauma counseling.
TRSG begins with an intensive orientation in August, and continues through weekly group supervision meetings with a consistent facilitator.
